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Pooja Hede from ‘Coolie’. | Photo Credit: Sun Pictures/X The makers of Coolie, starring Rajinikanth and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, have announced a new addition to the film’s stellar cast. Sun Pictures, the production house behind the film, announced that Pooja Hegde has joined the highly-anticipated Tamil film.Sun Pictures confirmed the development through a poster. It remains unknown if the actor is playing a female lead or if she’s set to appear in a cameo. An official announcement is awaited.The stellar cast of Coolie includes Kannada star Upendra, Telugu superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna, Malayalam’s Soubin Shahir, Sathyaraj, and Shruti Haasan. The…

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Delhi High Court has ordered an Amazon unit to pay $39 million in damages for infringing the “Beverly Hills Polo Club” trademark after garments with identical branding were sold on Amazon’s India website, a court order showed on Wednesday (February 27, 2025).Lawyers called the ruling a landmark judgment in terms of the amount of damages assessed against a U.S. firm in trademark cases.The case was initiated in 2020 by Lifestyle Equities, the owner of “Beverly Hills Polo Club” (BHPC) horse trademark, which alleged Amazon’s India shopping website had listings of…

FIIs offloaded equities worth ₹3,529.10 crore on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), according to exchange data. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the trade on a positive note on Thursday (February 27, 2025) but later faced volatile trends amid unabated foreign fund outflows, monthly derivatives expiry and weak global market cues. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 231.97 points to 74,834.09 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 65.75 points to 22,613.30. Later, the indices faced volatile trends and were trading between highs and lows. From the Sensex pack, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance,…

Dhanush in ‘Kubera’. | Photo Credit: Aditya Music/YouTube The makers of Kuberahave announced the film’s release date. Starring Dhanush, the film is directed by Sekhar Kammula.Kubera marks the Telugu debut of Dhanush. The film also stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Jim Sarbh and Rashmika Mandanna. Produced by Sekhar Kammula, Suniel Narang and Puskur Ram Mohan Rao, Kubera hits the screens on June 20, 2025.In the first look released by the makers in March 2024, Dhanush exuded a calm, disquieting menace. The first-look visuals of Nagarjuna and Rashmika have also intrigued people.The first glimpse of the movie, released in November 2024, hinted at…

A roadside currency exchange vendor counts notes in New Delhi, India, February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh | Photo Credit: PRIYANSHU SINGH The rupee declined 22 paise to 87.41 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday (February 27, 2025) after the latest tariff announcements from the US weighed on emerging currencies, including the rupee. Forex traders said the latest tariff announcements from the US have sent shockwaves through global markets, strengthening the dollar. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 87.26, then fell to 87.41 against the American currency, registering a decline of 22 paise over its…

Bollywood actors and couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt | Photo Credit: PTI Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has been in the news for her subtle yet strong response to ongoing criticism of her husband, Ranbir Kapoor. The actress ‘liked’ an Instagram post that defended Kapoor against allegations of being a ‘red flag’ and a ‘womaniser,’ a label frequently thrown at him by certain sections of the internet.The post in question read, “Funny how jealous people always call him red flag, womanizer, mumma’s boy, etc., but Ranbir Kapoor literally included his wife and daughter’s initials in his brand’s name. If this…

Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 hit movie Harriet the Spy and later co-starred in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl — has died. She was 39.Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. at a 51-story luxury apartment tower in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, where officers found Trachtenberg “unconscious and unresponsive,” according to an NYPD statement.Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. No foul play was suspected, and the New York Medical Examiner is investigating the cause of death, police said.The report also revealed that…

South’s jump shift created a game force, so North’s three spade bid was stronger than a four-spade bid would have been. South used Key Card Blackwood and settled for a small slam when he learned that the queen of spades was missing. How would you play this slam after a diamond lead? Many would win the diamond ace, cash the ace and king of spades, and then start running clubs, hoping to discard two diamonds from dummy. Assuming the expected 3-2 trump split, this line would require the queen of spades to fall or the player with the queen of…

Xitij Kothi and Gaurav Srivastava | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Vidyut, a full-stack electric vehicle ecosystem platform based out of Bengaluru, has raised $2.5 million (₹21 crore approximately) in funding from global fintech investor Flourish Ventures. The funding will fuel the expansion of Vidyut’s battery-as-a-service offerings in both passenger and commercial EV segments.“With proven unit economics, strong 15% month-on-month growth, and long-term OEM partnerships, this investment will help us scale our innovative financing and lifecycle solutions across new vehicle segments,” said Xitij Kothi, co-founder, Vidyut.“Vidyut has solved one of EV financing’s biggest challenges — battery degradation risk. By analyzing real-time…

European Union flags. Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union has acknowledged India’s “specific concerns” about implementing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) — the bloc’s tool to levy taxes on imports of certain carbon-intensive goods from early next year — and is ready to address them. While some of the concerns may be “illegitimate”, as the CBAM is a WTO-compatible measure, the EU is committed to addressing all worries and sharing its experience to help in the implementation, an EU official said. “I think we know that the Indian side has had specific concerns on CBAM and on the…